October 5, 2024

Company News

FERC Approves Prescott-SWEPCO Settlement
FERC resolved a dispute over overlapping congestion charges on the MISO-SPP seam when it accepted a settlement SWEPCO and the city of Prescott, Ark.
FERC Approves NorthernGrid Merger
FERC gave its blessing to the merger of Columbia Grid and Northern Tier Transmission Group to form NorthernGrid, a transmission planning region stretching eight states.
FERC Conditionally OKs Purchase of EPE
FERC conditionally approved J.P. Morgan’s $4.3 billion purchase of El Paso Electric, directing the companies to file a mitigation plan.
FERC Denies AMP Request for OASIS Waiver
FERC rejected AMP Transmission’s request for a waiver of the commission’s Standards of Conduct and requirements to maintain an Open Access Same-Time Information System.
AEP Warns of ‘Adverse’ Effects from Coronavirus
AEP warned shareholders its financial condition and operations could be hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic as utilities considered delaying spring maintenance.
FERC Sets Hearing on FirstEnergy PPAs
FERC ordered a paper hearing to consider FirstEnergy Solutions’ bid to void power purchase agreements with wind generators as part of its bankruptcy.
DC Circuit Upholds FERC on BGE Rate Case
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC’s 2017 ruling denying Baltimore Gas and Electric’s bid to recover $38M in taxes deferred over a decade.
Appeals Court Sets Dates in Texas ROFR Challenge
Texas' PUC won extra time to respond to NextEra’s efforts to void a law giving incumbent companies the right of first refusal to build transmission lines.
FERC Upholds Ruling in PG&E Interconnection Case
FERC rejected PG&E’s request to rehear a case where the commission ruled interconnection customers could be harmed by changes occurring outside boundaries.
PG&E to Plead Guilty to Killing 84 in Camp Fire
PG&E said it will plead guilty to 85 felonies stemming from the Camp Fire in November 2018, including 84 charges of involuntary manslaughter.

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